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Plant Citrus limon (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBACUNONE-17-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCIMENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Essential Oil 10.0 15.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Petiole not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTOPAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOL 15 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Essential Oil not available 207.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Essential Oil not available 64.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 6.0 102.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 12.0 31.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 4100.0 20000.0 -0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Skin) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 11 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 17 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 21 Duke, 1992 *
Antivitiligic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
Aphidifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.